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Nevada Highway Patrol warns drivers about insurance scam

The Nevada Highway Patrol is warning drivers about a scam hitting the freeways where people are claiming to work for police but are really trying to get personal information from drivers after crashes.

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Islamic militant attack in Nigeria kills at least 300

Islamic militants who have triggered international outrage over the kidnapping of more than 270 Nigerian schoolgirls opened fire on a busy marketplace, killing hundreds of people in a new spasm of violence in the country’s northeast.

Opening statements expected in trial of man accused of killing Strip dancer

Opening statements are expected Thursday in a murder trial that shocked the Las Vegas performance community and garnered national attention. Jason “Blu” Griffith is charged with murder in the killing of his on-again, off-again girlfriend Debbie Flores Narvaez, whose strangled and dismembered body was found cemented in tubs in an empty downtown Las Vegas home in January 2011.

Court: Nevada lawyers can give advice on medical marijuana

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court on Wednesday amended the state rules of professional conduct for lawyers to allow them to counsel clients on the state’s medical marijuana laws.

Task force says staffers not using tools to fight school bullying

Clark County Schools and the state have sufficient requirements in place to investigate, report and discipline bullies, but school workers need to better follow them, a special school district task force on bullying said Wednesday.

Two arrested in attempted carjacking, killing

Las Vegas police have arrested two men they said shot and killed a man in an attempted carjacking Tuesday morning.

Judge rewrites description of Nevada voter photo ID measure

A state judge Wednesday rewrote a description that details the effect of a voter photo identification initiative backed by conservative activist Sharron Angle.

Second USO canteen opens at McCarran International Airport

Las Vegas entertainer Wayne Newton, a longtime supporter of the USO, was at McCarran International Airport’s Terminal 3 on Wednesday in support of the opening of a second USO canteen at the airport.

4 dead in arson fire at mansion owned by former tennis star

The “unusual” fire at a Florida mansion belonging to a former tennis star was intentionally set and a family of four was discovered in the charred remains, police said Wednesday.

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